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ostara
Wiccan festival celebrating the return of Spring.
ēostre
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ostara
1
Ostara
and Eostre are both Germanic names of the Maiden Goddess as lady of the dawn.
2
The rocks may perhaps have been called Eastern or Eostern-stones, and may have been dedicated to
Ostara
.
3
Maypoles are sometimes used as part of the
Ostara
festivities, and these represent the phallus of the Young God.
4
Ostara
also has strong feminine connotations and is sacred to the Maiden Goddess as well as the Young God.
5
Ostara
is a solar Sabbat and is sacred to the Young God, lord of the rising sun and of life.
6
Ostara
was goddess of bright dawn, of rising light, and awakening spring, as Hel of subterranean night, the darkness of the underworld.
7
(Also known as
Ostara
,
Eostre, Eastre)
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